Who is the best player ever to play at Bramall Lane?

[mattbianco1]

Kevin Pressman or Jermaine Johnson surely?

 

[Bert]

Cant remember the year but has to be early 60's when I was about 10. I know that Greaves ran the best part of 50 yards down the right wing towards the Kop, beat 3 or 4 players and smashed the ball past Hodgy off the far post. He always played well at the Lane. Best centre forward I have ever seen. In those days, Spurs often popped 3 past us.

He was indeed the greatest, but an inside not centre forward. Left footed but could kick with either foot.

 

[originaltrueblade]

Cant remember the year but has to be early 60's when I was about 10. I know that Greaves ran the best part of 50 yards down the right wing towards the Kop, beat 3 or 4 players and smashed the ball past Hodgy off the far post. He always played well at the Lane. Best centre forward I have ever seen. In those days, Spurs often popped 3 past us.

22nd Sept 1962 we popped three past them in a 3-1 win Greaves did indeed get that goal on this day

 

[Birdwell Blade]

My twopenneth Tony Currie, George Best, Denis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona, Danielle Passarella, Alex Sabella I notice someone put Carlton Palmer please tell me they were joking. These are just off the top of me head there's bound to be more I mean Banks, Jennings I could go on.

Yes a joke

 

[Eza Blade]

Me!!! For Sunday team, blades super draw or summat cup.

how aged 25 and at 17 stone being a nippy full back didn’t get me a trial I have no idea!

In all seriousness Ronaldo or tongy on his day was world class

 

[Bert]

Me!!! For Sunday team, blades super draw or summat cup.

how aged 25 and at 17 stone being a nippy full back didn’t get me a trial I have no idea!

In all seriousness Ronaldo or tongy on his day was world class

Tongy World class on his day?
Which other world class players have you seen?

 

[Revolution]

He didn't play in that match according to the records I looked at.

I was there. He played.

 

[bypassblade]

Only if you want to keep missing the point of the thread you could

No, lost me (tho not hard) the thread asks for best player seen at Bramall Lane, they are the best I've seen in last 50 years or so

 

[bypassblade]

Yes a joke

Thanks Birdwell I was just looking for number of men in white coats

 

[sheff_blade90]

So you think that scoring goals doesn't change a game?
Bert thinks that it does.

yes of course games change games, but I thinking of Henry, Bergkamp, Cantona, De Bryune, D Silva, Hazard. where they will create something, run at the defence. moment of magic. Ronaldo finishes of things which not a bad trait but im not sure it makes as good people make out. in the elite company of greatest ever

 

[tincan]

The world's best ever Don Bradman and he loved the place.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Stanley Matthews. I saw him at the Lane decades ago

My first ever game (September 1953) had Matthews playing for Blackpool and Hogan for United. 2 candidates?

 

[10-0 win]

Sadio Mane, currently best player in PL imo.

 

[blade67]

Bergkamp - Pure class.

Passerella - Majestic.

Currie - Genius.

If you add Best and Ronaldo to those three plus Banks I guess it's halfway to decent team

 

[United Aren't Back.]

We'll never know.
So many were before our time.

 

[Killamarshblades]

Not the greatest but Gordon Cowans was an absolute joy to watch for those few months.

similarly Icardi for Inter was great to watch, his movement was better than anything I’ve seen before. Again not the greatest but both were great to watch in terms of their intelligence

hard to look beyond Cantona’s chip in the storm at that cup game (95??) as one of the best individual moments of pure class

 

[foggy72]

Begrudgingly the best goalkeeping performances were from piggy pressman, always played a blinder against United. Also another shout for steve kabba when he was playing for grimsby against the blades, one of the few opposing players who got applauded by the kop.

 

[Sheffsteel]

2 games that I remember where an opposition player stood out a mile as being too good and being on another planet compared to our team.

Kevin Doyle of Reading and then Adel Tarabt for QPR.
That day Tarabt was playing like Messi, showboating making Chris Morgan look stupid.

Agree with some earlier posters 2 Blades players that stood out for me as being absolute class were
Gordan Cowans, never realised he was that good, stood in the centre circle most of the game, brilliant first touch and awareness, so he never game the ball away.
Paul McGrath, really slow but like some magic trick always first to the ball. He knew where the ball was going before it was kicked.

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

No, lost me (tho not hard) the thread asks for best player seen at Bramall Lane, they are the best I've seen in last 50 years or so

Exactly bpb! The best player you've seen. There can only be one best player my friend. So come on, who t f is it?!!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

The world's best ever Don Bradman and he loved the place.

Look at the thread title, then there is only one answer and this is it.


Then again Sir Garfield played there as well

 

[Bert]

Look at the thread title, then there is only one answer and this is it.


Then again Sir Garfield played there as well

So did England's greatest ever all rounder.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

So did England's greatest ever all rounder. View attachment 62746

The venerable Mr Rhodes. One of the few to bat from 1-11 and I believe the first to a 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in test matches

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Although the best performance at the Lane would be Kinkladze.

He’s one of the ones that immediately occurs when this question gets asked. Effortlessly glided past opponents, with anyone attempting to tackle him bouncing off him. It was as though he was surrounded by a protective bubble.

Though I’m sure he’d have been appalling for us had Adrian Heath succeeded in signing him.

 

[Bert]

The venerable Mr Rhodes. One of the few to bat from 1-11 and I believe the first to a 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in test matches

He holds just about all the domestic records.

Wilfred Rhodes - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp have never played at Bramall Lane.

You sure? I’m not sure about Bergkamp tbh but I thought I’d seen Henry play for Arsenal at the Lane. Maybe I’m getting confused with Nick Henry?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Old Bill, 1972. Nice motor

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Before Meadowhell was even though of...

 

[bornablade]

Before Meadowhell was even though of...

Is that the site of the Steel strike January 1980. She'd only be in power for about 7 months. Ir was a sign of things to come.

 

[Digs blade]

Kinkladze was a tremendous player. If he was playing now with all the additional coverage these days then the media would be raving about him

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Players I've actually seen - Not based on that days performance, just career achievements

Bergkamp
Ballack
Pains me to say it but Steven Gerrard
Ronaldo
Gazza

Random players who had stormers against us

Michael Bridges
Ben Watson
Jason Koumas
Shay Given
Marco Gabbiadini
Stewart Robson

Against us?

Steven Kabba.